Guest Blogger ~ Baking Makes Things Better!

The F Word!

Hello, it’s Melissa from Baking Makes Things Better here.  Baking Makes Things Better is a baking blog I set up a couple of years ago and share with my bestie Courtenay.  We love trying out new recipes at home and sharing what we’ve made online.  Mama’s Style asked us if we would like to do a guest post to which we excitedly said “Yes!”.  We decided we would share with you three of our favourite and fast fudge recipes.  These three recipes are pretty fuss free and you can make them in advance if you are planning on going somewhere.  However, you might decide to try a piece before heading out, then that turns into another, then… where has all the fudge gone?

Caramel Fudge

 

125g butter 
2 tablespoons golden syrup 
1 can sweetened condensed milk 
1 cup brown sugar 
100g white chocolate melts
Handful of dark chocolate melts

Melt the butter in a pan.  Remove from heat, add the brown sugar and stir until combined with the butter. Add the condensed milk and stir until combined with the sugar and butter. 

 
Add the golden syrup, mix and return to a low heat. Stir the mixture constantly for 10 minutes (be careful not to let the mixture get to hot or boil to rapidly as the sugar will start to crystallise - remove from the heat immediately and stir rapidly if this starts to happen).  Remove from the heat and add the white chocolate melts. Mix until smooth. Pour the mixture into a 7cm x 25cm bar tin, refrigerate until set. 

Melt the dark chocolate and drizzle over the top of the fudge.  Cut the fudge into pieces once the chocolate has set.

5 Minute Fudge

395g can sweetened condensed milk
50g butter
400g chocolate (totally up to you what type you use.  I used 200g milk chocolate and 200g macadamia chocolate as I wanted nuts in my fudge)

Stir the sweetened condensed milk and the butter over a medium heat until the butter is melted.  During this, stir the mixture constantly so that it doesn’t burn – if it looks like there are little brown crystal particles forming remove from the heat immediately and stir very rapidly to beat the heat out of the mixture.

Add the chocolate, stir until melted.  Pour in to a 18cm square tin and pop in the fridge for 2-4 hours to set (or, put it in the freezer and it is pretty edible after 30mins). 

Fran's Fantastic Fudge

100g butter, cubed
¼ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla, or 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon rum essence
4 cups sifted icing sugar
½ cup cocoa
½ – 1 cup chopped nuts, optional

Place the butter, milk, vanilla, sifted icing sugar and cocoa into a microwave safe bowl.  Microwave on high for 2 minutes, then beat until smooth.  Pour into a loaf tin lined with greaseproof paper.  Refrigerate until cold.  Cut into pieces before serving.

We hope you these recipes as much as we do.  Want more?  Pop on over to our blog or facebook page, where you will find plenty more delicious treats.  Thank you so much Mama’s Style for having us as your guest, it’s been fun.